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Lomé is hosting, from November 6 to 10, the Woezon Tech Week 2023 (WTW). Organized by CSquared Woezon, the firm steering Google’s Equiano submarine cable project, the event celebrates digital transformation in Togo.
Activities scheduled during the Woezon Tech Week 2023 include a special Career Day for students, sports activities (the Fiber Cup), a two-day training course, and an...
Togo has made significant progress relative to the threshold program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) which the country kicked off two years ago. This is according to the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Account-Togo (MCA-Togo), which held its fifth ordinary meeting last October.
According to Bougonou N'gname Jeanne, Managing Director of MCA-Togo, the two projects...
Niger wants Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbé, to act as a facilitator between their country and the international community. Togo will stand alongside the United States as guarantor of the military disengagement of French troops in Niger.
A Niger delegation led by the country’s minister of defense, General Salifou Mody, submitted the request to the Togolese leader who recently received...
A delegation of Togolese businesspeople is currently in Shangai, China. Led by the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) and the Centre Togolais des Expositions et Foires de Lomé (CETEF), the group attends the ongoing China International Import Expo 2023.
According to the CCI-Togo, Togo has a pavilion where the delegation exhibits tropical products and artwork, among...
Togo joined the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), an intergovernmental organization whose role is to facilitate the ecological transition of its member countries towards a green economy. The West African nation became the organization’s 48th member State at its last assembly.
"The GGGI is delighted to welcome Togo as our 48th member state! Together, we embrace a shared vision of a...
By Elizabeth A.N. Fitzsimmons, Ambassador of the United States of America to Togo
At the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, President Biden said "The United States is fully committed to Africa."
The future lies in Africa. One example is its young population: the median age in Togo is seventeen and a half. By 2050, one in four of the world's inhabitants will be in Africa. What happens...
Togo and Ghana signed on November 1 a free-roaming agreement in Accra, Ghana. The deal was inked by Michel Yaovi Galley, director general of Togo’s telecom watchdog, ARCEP, and Anokye Joe, his counterpart from the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana.
In a press release, the ARCEP attributed the signing to months of talks between the regulators and representatives of mobile...
Togo currently hosts the 9th edition of the Annual Review of Community Reforms, Policies, Programs and Projects of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) kicked off in Lomé on November 02, 2023, and ends on November 6, 2023.
For this evaluation session, 131 texts as well as five community projects and programs will be assessed by experts from the WAEMU. The long-term goal of...
Togo's High Authority for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption and Related Offences, HAPLUCIA, completed a nationwide campaign to raise the awareness of elected representatives and municipal executives on the prevention and fight against corruption and related offenses. Launched on May 25, 2023, in Lomé, the campaign ended in Atakpamé (Plateaux region).
The campaign’s closing...
Charles Komar & Sons, the U.S. textile giant, should soon launch operations in Togo, at the Industrial Platform of Adetikope (PIA). The American firm will operate via its Sri Lankan subsidiary and cloth maker, Star Garments Group (SGG).
The firm plans to start building a factory at the PIA before the year ends. The plant, a cut-make-trim or CMT unit, aims to boost the production of...
South Korean Prime Minister, Han Duck-Soo, was recently in Togo on a prospection mission. The two-day meeting was aimed at bolstering cooperation between Lomé and Seoul.
Duck-Soo arrived in the Togolese capital on Monday, October 30, and on the same day met with Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe, Prime Minister of Togo. The two delegations, on that occasion, reviewed their nearly 60-year relationship and...
The ministers of infrastructure of Togo and Ghana held a meeting in Noepe last Tuesday, October 31. The meeting focused on the two countries’ collaboration to fully operationalize the Noepe-Akanu juxtaposed border checkpoint.
Once it is fully operational, the checkpoint, which has been active since 2018, will handle customs, immigration, and security operations, thus facilitating the...
“Despite the tense geopolitical and ecologic situation, I am optimistic for Africa”. Faure Gnassingbe, Togo’s President, made this statement at the ongoing International Economic Forum on Africa, in Paris.
"Despite the tense geopolitical and ecological situation, I'm optimistic for Africa, because after many difficult years, the African continent is returning to growth and presenting a new...
The Mable Agbodan Foundation presents Togolese artist, Gustave Akpéhou Djonda, at the upcoming "Portraits, regards d'aujourd'hui" exhibition in Paris. Scheduled for November 23 to 26, the exhibition will showcase a collection of 100 sculptures in terracotta and rust, all depicting heads and faces.
Djonda, a self-taught artist from Togo, was born in 1972 in Lomé. His collection, entitled "100...
Togo could soon adopt a master plan for the development of its coast (SDAL). The project was discussed last week, on Oct. 26, at the Council of Ministers.
The SDAL, according to a statement relayed by the minister of maritime economy and coastal protection, Edem Kokou Tengue, will be based on scientific data and will emphasize an integrated ecosystem management approach.
The plan should foster...
The Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) plans to set up an instant payment system within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
In the long run, this interoperable platform should be active 24/7, processing cross-account payments.
The BCEAO will present the project on November 16, 2023, during a webinar targeting app developers "who wish to integrate a...